>>Khimenko Victor wrote:
>>> See above. Try to turn on printer, do `cat something > /dev/printer/0`
> with
>>> devfs and explain how it'll be handled with devd.
>>Are you implying here that /dev/printer/0 is created at open() time?
>>IMHO that is a bad idea.
> I think you're mis-understanding, and you didn't read the entire post.
> If the device node isn't there, devfs can locate the module needed,
> load it, and then the DRIVER, implicitely by having been loaded,
> puts it's device node into the namespace. (So to speak)
This all are details. All what you said is correct but the end result is
that /dev/printer/0 is created at open() time along with /dev/printer.
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